Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in humans Export

@article{citeulike:5007714, abstract = {We examined whether interpersonal closeness increases salivary progesterone. One hundred and sixty female college students (80 dyads) were randomly assigned to participate in either a closeness task with a partner versus a neutral task with a partner. Those exposed to the closeness induction had higher levels of progesterone relative to those exposed to the neutral task. Across conditions, progesterone increase one week later predicted the willingness to sacrifice for the partner. These results are discussed in terms of the links between social contact, stress, and health.}, author = {Brown, Stephanie L. and Fredrickson, Barbara L. and Wirth, Michelle M. and Poulin, Michael J. and Meier, Elizabeth A. and Heaphy, Emily D. and Cohen, Michael D. and Schultheiss, Oliver C.}, citeulike-article-id = {5007714}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.022}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0018506X09000816}, doi = {10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.022}, issn = {0018506X}, journal = {Hormones and Behavior}, keywords = {bonding, oxytocin, progesterone, social}, month = {June}, number = {1}, pages = {108--111}, posted-at = {2009-11-01 11:04:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in humans}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.022}, volume = {56}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5007714 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5007714 N2 - We examined whether interpersonal closeness increases salivary progesterone. One hundred and sixty female college students (80 dyads) were randomly assigned to participate in either a closeness task with a partner versus a neutral task with a partner. Those exposed to the closeness induction had higher levels of progesterone relative to those exposed to the neutral task. Across conditions, progesterone increase one week later predicted the willingness to sacrifice for the partner. These results are discussed in terms of the links between social contact, stress, and health. IS - 1 JF - Hormones and Behavior SN - 0018506X EP - 111 TI - Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in humans VL - 56 SP - 108 KW - bonding KW - oxytocin KW - progesterone KW - social AU - Brown, Stephanie AU - Fredrickson, Barbara AU - Wirth, Michelle AU - Poulin, Michael AU - Meier, Elizabeth AU - Heaphy, Emily AU - Cohen, Michael AU - Schultheiss, Oliver PY - 2009/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.022 ER -